Negligent Misstatement

Question 1

What options did lord Reid give?

Answer 1

1. Keep silent or decline to give the information or advice sought
2. Give an answer with a clear qualification that he accepted no responsibility for it or that it was given without that reflection or enquiry which a careful answer would require
3. He could simply answer without any such qualification
   • Accepts some responsibility for his answer being given carefully.

Question 2

Where does a relationship exsist?

Answer 2

1. Advice required for a purpose made know at time advice given
2. Adviser knows advice will be communicated to advisee and used for that purpose
3. Known the is likely to be acted on for the purpose without independent inquiry
4. It is acted upon to advisee detriment